Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/community/batavia/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 08:11:35 -0400 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189873/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189873/ Sat, 18 May 2013 17:45:58 -0400 Dave Heun talks to St. Charles resident Kay Catlin about the publishing of her booklet of 'sayings." http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179696/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179696/ Fri, 17 May 2013 22:56:38 -0400 Two people have been arrested and charged with delivering a fatal dose of heroin to a 24-year-old South Elgin woman in April, according to court records. Andrea R. Nielsen, 23, of South Elgin, and Nicholas C. Allen, 21, of Batavia, were charged with the drug induced homicide death of Abby L. Nordmeyer. Both face between six and 30 years in prison. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179729/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179729/ Fri, 17 May 2013 16:46:56 -0400 Batavia school board member Kathleen Roberts is resigning after 22 years on the board. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/business/705159544/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/business/705159544/ Thu, 16 May 2013 14:39:43 -0400 The City of Batavia has received two proposals to take the Thomle Building off its hands. One would put in a martini bar; the other would combine it with the building next door, for shops and apartments. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159582/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159582/ Wed, 15 May 2013 23:13:35 -0400 Waubonsee Community College is selling its former downtown Aurora campus for $1.5 million to a firm interested in turning the two buildings into stores and apartments. The college board approved the sale Wednesday night to Gorman and Co. It expects to close the sale in January. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159842/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159842/ Wed, 15 May 2013 18:35:20 -0400 A 23-year-old North Aurora woman was killed Wednesday when the car in which she was riding was struck by a truck on Fabyan Parkway in Geneva, police said. According to Geneva police, the car was exiting a private driveway on the south side of Fabyan on the 200 block when it was hit by an eastbound garbage/dump truck. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149776/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149776/ Tue, 14 May 2013 16:16:13 -0400 Carter W. Myers, 19, of Batavia, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of cannabis (between 2.5 and 10 grams), at 9:51 p.m. Monday in the 600 block of South Batavia Avenue, according to a police report. He was also issued a warning for not having a rear license plate. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139704/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139704/ Tue, 14 May 2013 05:53:51 -0400 A 32-year-old Batavia woman was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to her fourth DUI. Jeanette Baum was more than twice the legal intoxication threshold Nov. 27, 2012 when she crashed into a utility box in Batavia after dropping her child off at school. Baum also was on probation for a drug charge at the time. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139720/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139720/ Mon, 13 May 2013 16:38:52 -0400 Robert G. Byland, 19, of Batavia, was charged at 6:15 a.m. Sunday with illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor, criminal damage to property, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and possession of drug paraphernalia in the 1000 block of Winnebago Trail, according to a police report. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/discuss/705199916/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/discuss/705199916/ Fri, 17 May 2013 17:19:14 -0400 A Batavia letter to the editor: The Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry wants to thank local Jewel and Berkley's food stores, all of the more than 100 volunteers who worked the weekend of the Spring Food Pantry "Food Sharing Days" and especially all the patrons who donated food products or made cash donations. The food pantry received 3¼ tons of food and paper products and $1,500 in cash donations. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189793/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189793/ Sat, 18 May 2013 21:49:14 -0400 If you were trying to gauge the percentage of bitter and sweet on the Marmion's doubles team of John Graft and Jackson Rettig's bittersweet day at the West Aurora sectional Saturday, think at least 90 percent sweet. Even the bitter part, a loss in the sectional final to Naperville Central's No. 1 seed Wesley Lo and Sid Swamy, wasn't that bad, and it certainly did little to dampen the sweet part of earning a trip to the state tournament. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189807/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189807/ Sat, 18 May 2013 21:19:26 -0400 Emma Spagnola nearly etched her name among track and field immortals. Britney Williams could not have envisioned a greater way to end her high school career at St. Charles East. Aurora Christian junior Peyton Wade had a day few could match. The second day of the girls state track and field meet produced local champions in six different events in two separate classes. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189838/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189838/ Sat, 18 May 2013 20:08:51 -0400 Karen Sarai Gonzalez came to the United States from Mexico when she was 16 years old knowing little English. Since then she has learned a new language, made new friends, become part of a second family, and earned a degree. Gonzalez was one of about 400 graduates honored at Elgin Community College Saturday, earning an associate of applied science degree in nursing. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179650/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179650/ Fri, 17 May 2013 20:08:15 -0400 Rhett Lundy, a 14-year-old freshman at South Elgin High School, died in his sleep Wednesday. Autopsy results showed he had an enlarged heart. The school held an assembly Friday to honor his memory. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179684/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179684/ Fri, 17 May 2013 17:35:07 -0400 Four vehicles in the 36W200 block of Indian Mounds Road near St. Charles were burglarized between 2 and 6:30 a.m. Wednesday and a 2003 Mercedes was stolen, according to a sheriff's report http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179823/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179823/ Fri, 17 May 2013 11:06:37 -0400 Elgin Community College will host students 6 to 16 this summer in week-long day camps offering enrichment opportunities while school is out. Budding lawyers, astronauts, filmmakers, writers, interior designers, artists, chefs, video game makers, actors and musicians will have the chance to hone their skills during the fifth year of ECC's Kids College. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179926/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179926/ Fri, 17 May 2013 07:06:52 -0400 St. Charles' Pheasant Run wrote the recipe for suburban destination getaways. In its 50th year, the iconic resort is still looking to rejuvenate itself. Former Mayor Fred Norris remembers the early years of the resort as a time of big ideas and big growth for the city, two facets of the community's history that the resort played a large role in. "Ed McArdle was a hands-on operator," Norris said. "He was a big personality." http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179985/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179985/ Wed, 15 May 2013 13:29:12 -0400 Each week you submit your favorite photo. We pick the best of the bunch and select 12 finlaists. Here are the finalists for the week of May13th. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/news/705169758/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/news/705169758/ Thu, 16 May 2013 19:14:46 -0400 A Geneva man who says he had a mountain of bills and was facing eviction is now a multimillionaire thanks to a lottery ticket he bought months ago in Aurora and only recently found in a cookie jar in his kitchen. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159827/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159827/ Wed, 15 May 2013 11:29:50 -0400 The Sugar Grove Park District is getting $400,000 from the state toward the development of a park near Harter Middle School, the governor's office announced Monday. The Fox Valley Park District is also getting money for redevelopment of Jericho Lake, and the Kane County Forest Preserve District is receiving a grant for the Brunner Family Forest Preserve. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705149616/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705149616/ Tue, 14 May 2013 23:24:34 -0400 Seniors at Jacobs, Hampshire and Dundee-Crown high schools will have the opportunity to take a new math class next year with a textbook designed especially for them. The course was developed by the Alliance for College Readiness which includes Elgin Community College and all of its feeder high school districts — Elgin Area School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit District 303, Burlington-based Central Unit District 301, and Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, the only district to offer the course next year. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149741/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149741/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:20:03 -0400 In the wake of April's deluge that left some residents with flooded basements, Geneva is reminding residents that it is willing to help pay for one fix: Installing overhead sewers in basements. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149747/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149747/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:07:48 -0400 Seniors at Jacobs, Hampshire and Dundee-Crown high schools will have the opportunity to take a new math class next year with a textbook designed especially for them. The course was developed by the Alliance for College Readiness which includes Elgin Community College and all of its feeder high school districts — Elgin Area School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit District 303, Burlington-based Central Unit District 301, and Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, the only district to offer the course next year. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139600/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139600/ Mon, 13 May 2013 23:17:27 -0400 A new business expecting to generate $18.5 million of sales in its first five years in St. Charles has told city officials it can't afford to relocate to the city unless it receives a tax incentive of up to $70,000. The city obliged. Representatives from motorcycle dealer Windy City Triumph want to relocate to St. Charles by leasing an unused portion of the Fox River Harley-Davidson building at 131 S. Randall Road. That's the same location US Adventure RV hoped to relocate to when it secured a tax incentive from aldermen back in January. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139598/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139598/ Mon, 13 May 2013 23:14:07 -0400 Commuters won't see a third floor built on the Geneva parking deck this summer, as Metra has asked Geneva to reject a construction contract that came in 33 percent higher than expected. Metra also said the low bidder didn't seem tobe committed to federal standards for using disadantaged vendors. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139643/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139643/ Mon, 13 May 2013 21:30:39 -0400 A female jogging on bike path on the south side of St. Charles Friday morning reported that she was inappropriately touched by a man walking on the path, according to police. The 29-year-old victim was jogging north near the 1100 block of Geneva Road at about 10 a.m. when a man walking the opposite direction reached out and grabbed her buttock, police said http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139927/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139927/ Mon, 13 May 2013 07:18:34 -0400 Being a teacher wasn't Al Ochsner's initial career choice. He followed a dream, making a living as a professional artist. But in middle age, the single father of two needed some extra income and took a gig as a substitute teacher at Geneva High School. He fell in love with teaching. Now, at age 52, he is doing it full-time. "This is a job I look forward to coming to," he said. "This is a really cool place."